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Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for more tha.n 330 regional (U.S.) newspapers

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Provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full-text for nearly 300 publications, and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.

This research database provides scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.

Provides workflow tools and features that will enhance your Gale Literature Collections experience– topic finder, term frequency graphs, search assist functionality, mobile compatibility, and interface translation, along with an easier and more dynamic search.

Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service.

Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals.

EBSCO partners with American Antiquarian Society (AAS), the premier library documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to provide digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.

Basic Tips and Examples — Keyword Search

Most likely, you'll want to use this simple search. It performs a Google®-type search (including support for putting phrases in quotes). It searches all titles, subtitles, authors' first and last names, various notes, and a number of other fields. You'll be presented with the list of library items based on their relevancy to your search. Word order and letter case do not matter. NOTE: For searches with "AND", "OR", etc, use More Search Options.

To use this method, simply type a word, words, or phrase into the blank at the top of the screen. Then either push the Enter key on your keyboard, or click the GO! button. Other search options in the drop-down menu are "Title Starts With", "Title Contains", and "Author".

Keyword Search Examples:

DVDs based on books by John Grisham: grisham dvd

The Lord of the Rings series: "lord of the rings"

Snakes in Texas: snakes texas

Items involving a particular fictitious character: jack ryan

That book you heard about once, written by somebody named Fred that has "Sea" somewhere in the title: fred sea